World Death rate ranking 2026 | China Population Atlas

Source: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant.

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Rank	Country or area	Death rate	Total population	Share of world population	Data type
1	Holy See	24.73 ‰	506 people	0.00%	Projection
2	Monaco	18.75 ‰	38,087 people	0.00%	Projection
3	Saint Helena	17.30 ‰	5,148 people	0.00%	Projection
4	United States Virgin Islands	15.48 ‰	83,400 people	0.00%	Projection
5	Bulgaria	15.33 ‰	6,667,660 people	0.08%	Projection
6	Niue	14.86 ‰	1,822 people	0.00%	Projection
7	Latvia	14.84 ‰	1,835,935 people	0.02%	Projection
8	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	14.38 ‰	5,513 people	0.00%	Projection
9	Serbia	14.35 ‰	6,641,964 people	0.08%	Projection
10	Republic of Moldova	14.23 ‰	2,961,253 people	0.04%	Projection
11	Lithuania	14.19 ‰	2,797,338 people	0.03%	Projection
12	Croatia	13.98 ‰	3,822,345 people	0.05%	Projection
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13.71 ‰	3,114,242 people	0.04%	Projection
14	Montserrat	13.64 ‰	4,328 people	0.00%	Projection
15	Romania	13.61 ‰	18,800,605 people	0.23%	Projection
16	Hungary	13.39 ‰	9,585,818 people	0.12%	Projection
17	Ukraine	13.34 ‰	39,535,848 people	0.48%	Projection
18	Belarus	13.32 ‰	8,937,018 people	0.11%	Projection
19	Russian Federation	13.03 ‰	143,394,458 people	1.73%	Projection
20	Japan	12.77 ‰	122,427,731 people	1.47%	Projection
21	Greece	12.62 ‰	9,897,116 people	0.12%	Projection
22	Germany	12.46 ‰	83,644,258 people	1.01%	Projection
23	Dominica	12.44 ‰	65,511 people	0.00%	Projection
24	Estonia	12.40 ‰	1,331,062 people	0.02%	Projection
25	Palau	12.22 ‰	17,614 people	0.00%	Projection
26	Georgia	11.82 ‰	3,804,642 people	0.05%	Projection
27	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.62 ‰	99,244 people	0.00%	Projection
28	Montenegro	11.61 ‰	626,233 people	0.01%	Projection
29	Nigeria	11.47 ‰	242,431,832 people	2.92%	Projection
30	Portugal	11.45 ‰	10,395,362 people	0.13%	Projection
31	Italy	11.36 ‰	58,926,166 people	0.71%	Projection
32	North Macedonia	11.26 ‰	1,804,062 people	0.02%	Projection
33	Czechia	11.18 ‰	10,527,780 people	0.13%	Projection
34	Poland	11.08 ‰	37,843,188 people	0.46%	Projection
35	Chad	10.94 ‰	21,560,380 people	0.26%	Projection
36	Isle of Man	10.94 ‰	84,054 people	0.00%	Projection
37	Puerto Rico	10.93 ‰	3,222,688 people	0.04%	Projection
38	Martinique	10.93 ‰	337,711 people	0.00%	Projection
39	Jersey	10.92 ‰	104,106 people	0.00%	Projection
40	Finland	10.89 ‰	5,621,739 people	0.07%	Projection
41	Cuba	10.63 ‰	10,892,659 people	0.13%	Projection
42	Greenland	10.59 ‰	55,629 people	0.00%	Projection
43	Slovenia	10.55 ‰	2,114,574 people	0.03%	Projection
44	Slovakia	10.46 ‰	5,451,342 people	0.07%	Projection
45	Cook Islands	10.40 ‰	12,826 people	0.00%	Projection
46	Saint Martin (French part)	10.39 ‰	23,898 people	0.00%	Projection
47	Barbados	10.39 ‰	282,724 people	0.00%	Projection
48	Curaçao	10.38 ‰	185,440 people	0.00%	Projection
49	Austria	10.29 ‰	9,107,266 people	0.11%	Projection
50	Aruba	10.24 ‰	108,164 people	0.00%	Projection
51	Lesotho	10.16 ‰	2,389,336 people	0.03%	Projection
52	Guadeloupe	10.11 ‰	372,453 people	0.00%	Projection
53	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.07 ‰	46,992 people	0.00%	Projection
54	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	10.05 ‰	26,633,691 people	0.32%	Projection
55	Uruguay	9.97 ‰	3,382,537 people	0.04%	Projection
56	South Sudan	9.90 ‰	12,436,037 people	0.15%	Projection
57	Belgium	9.84 ‰	11,774,642 people	0.14%	Projection
58	Denmark	9.81 ‰	6,023,520 people	0.07%	Projection
59	United Kingdom	9.69 ‰	69,931,528 people	0.84%	Projection
60	Spain	9.62 ‰	47,850,793 people	0.58%	Projection
61	Guernsey	9.60 ‰	64,610 people	0.00%	Projection
62	Faroe Islands	9.60 ‰	56,526 people	0.00%	Projection
63	Fiji	9.56 ‰	937,282 people	0.01%	Projection
64	Somalia	9.55 ‰	20,305,907 people	0.24%	Projection
65	Armenia	9.50 ‰	2,930,915 people	0.04%	Projection
66	France	9.46 ‰	66,746,401 people	0.80%	Projection
67	Tuvalu	9.44 ‰	9,362 people	0.00%	Projection
68	Mauritius	9.43 ‰	1,265,059 people	0.02%	Projection
69	Bermuda	9.34 ‰	64,459 people	0.00%	Projection
70	South Africa	9.31 ‰	65,453,084 people	0.79%	Projection
71	Myanmar	9.31 ‰	55,184,819 people	0.66%	Projection
72	Netherlands	9.29 ‰	18,448,775 people	0.22%	Projection
73	Thailand	9.25 ‰	71,559,614 people	0.86%	Projection
74	Trinidad and Tobago	9.17 ‰	1,513,268 people	0.02%	Projection
75	Central African Republic	9.14 ‰	5,698,984 people	0.07%	Projection
76	Sweden	9.13 ‰	10,701,046 people	0.13%	Projection
77	China, Taiwan Province of China	9.08 ‰	23,011,292 people	0.28%	Projection
78	Grenada	9.02 ‰	117,362 people	0.00%	Projection
79	Bahamas	8.99 ‰	404,628 people	0.00%	Projection
80	United States of America	8.99 ‰	349,035,494 people	4.20%	Projection
81	Saint Lucia	8.93 ‰	180,488 people	0.00%	Projection
82	Guinea	8.84 ‰	15,441,992 people	0.19%	Projection
83	Albania	8.81 ‰	2,751,025 people	0.03%	Projection
84	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	8.69 ‰	44,447 people	0.00%	Projection
85	San Marino	8.66 ‰	33,605 people	0.00%	Projection
86	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	8.59 ‰	31,913 people	0.00%	Projection
87	Benin	8.56 ‰	15,170,420 people	0.18%	Projection
88	Switzerland	8.55 ‰	9,007,798 people	0.11%	Projection
89	Jamaica	8.50 ‰	2,833,404 people	0.03%	Projection
90	Wallis and Futuna Islands	8.50 ‰	11,113 people	0.00%	Projection
91	Niger	8.44 ‰	28,814,878 people	0.35%	Projection
92	Mali	8.25 ‰	25,932,275 people	0.31%	Projection
93	Democratic Republic of the Congo	8.24 ‰	116,452,162 people	1.40%	Projection
94	Canada	8.19 ‰	40,467,728 people	0.49%	Projection
95	Liechtenstein	8.14 ‰	40,368 people	0.00%	Projection
96	China View China data	8.13 ‰	1,412,914,089 people	17.02%	Projection
97	Seychelles	8.09 ‰	134,959 people	0.00%	Projection
98	Sierra Leone	8.05 ‰	8,996,744 people	0.11%	Projection
99	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	8.02 ‰	3,465 people	0.00%	Projection
100	China, Hong Kong SAR	8.02 ‰	7,378,602 people	0.09%	Projection
101	Liberia	7.92 ‰	5,853,949 people	0.07%	Projection
102	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	7.91 ‰	28,633,711 people	0.34%	Projection
103	Malta	7.90 ‰	549,011 people	0.01%	Projection
104	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	7.86 ‰	114,182 people	0.00%	Projection
105	Argentina	7.86 ‰	46,003,734 people	0.55%	Projection
106	Norway	7.85 ‰	5,652,989 people	0.07%	Projection
107	Haiti	7.84 ‰	12,037,506 people	0.15%	Projection
108	Indonesia	7.81 ‰	287,886,782 people	3.47%	Projection
109	Eswatini	7.79 ‰	1,269,859 people	0.02%	Projection
110	Burkina Faso	7.77 ‰	24,601,700 people	0.30%	Projection
111	Equatorial Guinea	7.75 ‰	1,984,468 people	0.02%	Projection
112	American Samoa	7.72 ‰	45,318 people	0.00%	Projection
113	Nauru	7.69 ‰	12,101 people	0.00%	Projection
114	Guyana	7.63 ‰	840,890 people	0.01%	Projection
115	Togo	7.57 ‰	9,930,918 people	0.12%	Projection
116	New Zealand	7.55 ‰	5,287,479 people	0.06%	Projection
117	Djibouti	7.53 ‰	1,199,459 people	0.01%	Projection
118	El Salvador	7.53 ‰	6,391,254 people	0.08%	Projection
119	Côte d'Ivoire	7.51 ‰	33,494,346 people	0.40%	Projection
120	Marshall Islands	7.50 ‰	35,075 people	0.00%	Projection
121	Republic of Korea	7.47 ‰	51,600,388 people	0.62%	Projection
122	Turks and Caicos Islands	7.44 ‰	47,148 people	0.00%	Projection
123	Luxembourg	7.36 ‰	687,448 people	0.01%	Projection
124	Madagascar	7.36 ‰	33,522,052 people	0.40%	Projection
125	Brazil	7.33 ‰	213,562,666 people	2.57%	Projection
126	Zimbabwe	7.29 ‰	17,273,580 people	0.21%	Projection
127	Sri Lanka	7.26 ‰	23,348,315 people	0.28%	Projection
128	Antigua and Barbuda	7.24 ‰	94,626 people	0.00%	Projection
129	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	7.18 ‰	12,749,291 people	0.15%	Projection
130	Kenya	7.13 ‰	58,636,412 people	0.71%	Projection
131	Guam	7.12 ‰	170,185 people	0.00%	Projection
132	Timor-Leste	7.10 ‰	1,436,923 people	0.02%	Projection
133	Kiribati	7.08 ‰	138,445 people	0.00%	Projection
134	Cyprus	7.08 ‰	1,382,334 people	0.02%	Projection
135	Ireland	7.04 ‰	5,356,950 people	0.06%	Projection
136	Nepal	7.00 ‰	29,629,410 people	0.36%	Projection
137	Suriname	6.98 ‰	645,256 people	0.01%	Projection
138	Ghana	6.97 ‰	35,697,557 people	0.43%	Projection
139	Anguilla	6.96 ‰	14,817 people	0.00%	Projection
140	Guinea-Bissau	6.94 ‰	2,297,808 people	0.03%	Projection
141	Comoros	6.94 ‰	899,010 people	0.01%	Projection
142	Australia	6.87 ‰	27,227,096 people	0.33%	Projection
143	Azerbaijan	6.86 ‰	10,454,855 people	0.13%	Projection
144	Viet Nam	6.81 ‰	102,177,431 people	1.23%	Projection
145	Cameroon	6.81 ‰	30,640,817 people	0.37%	Projection
146	Kazakhstan	6.80 ‰	21,083,626 people	0.25%	Projection
147	Chile	6.77 ‰	19,945,850 people	0.24%	Projection
148	Mozambique	6.74 ‰	36,639,850 people	0.44%	Projection
149	Gibraltar	6.72 ‰	40,867 people	0.00%	Projection
150	India	6.70 ‰	1,476,625,576 people	17.79%	Projection
151	Angola	6.69 ‰	40,215,180 people	0.48%	Projection
152	Iceland	6.67 ‰	402,329 people	0.00%	Projection
153	Saint Barthélemy	6.65 ‰	11,550 people	0.00%	Projection
154	Papua New Guinea	6.64 ‰	10,947,848 people	0.13%	Projection
155	Western Sahara	6.60 ‰	610,813 people	0.01%	Projection
156	Philippines	6.59 ‰	117,724,472 people	1.42%	Projection
157	Burundi	6.58 ‰	14,729,157 people	0.18%	Projection
158	Cambodia	6.57 ‰	18,051,219 people	0.22%	Projection
159	Tonga	6.50 ‰	103,291 people	0.00%	Projection
160	Türkiye	6.43 ‰	87,926,082 people	1.06%	Projection
161	Dominican Republic	6.42 ‰	11,609,500 people	0.14%	Projection
162	Pakistan	6.42 ‰	259,299,792 people	3.12%	Projection
163	New Caledonia	6.38 ‰	297,892 people	0.00%	Projection
164	Mexico	6.35 ‰	132,997,658 people	1.60%	Projection
165	Andorra	6.33 ‰	83,753 people	0.00%	Projection
166	Tunisia	6.31 ‰	12,415,138 people	0.15%	Projection
167	British Virgin Islands	6.30 ‰	39,936 people	0.00%	Projection
168	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	6.26 ‰	1,666,992 people	0.02%	Projection
169	Samoa	6.21 ‰	220,528 people	0.00%	Projection
170	Sudan	6.20 ‰	53,282,719 people	0.64%	Projection
171	Namibia	6.20 ‰	3,153,246 people	0.04%	Projection
172	Lebanon	6.18 ‰	5,897,467 people	0.07%	Projection
173	Gambia	6.18 ‰	2,884,079 people	0.03%	Projection
174	Congo	6.18 ‰	6,637,786 people	0.08%	Projection
175	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.17 ‰	7,974,018 people	0.10%	Projection
176	Gabon	6.15 ‰	2,647,400 people	0.03%	Projection
177	Kyrgyzstan	6.09 ‰	7,400,464 people	0.09%	Projection
178	Uzbekistan	6.06 ‰	37,724,223 people	0.45%	Projection
179	Bhutan	6.02 ‰	802,214 people	0.01%	Projection
180	Mongolia	5.98 ‰	3,556,798 people	0.04%	Projection
181	Réunion	5.95 ‰	886,298 people	0.01%	Projection
182	Turkmenistan	5.94 ‰	7,736,632 people	0.09%	Projection
183	Morocco	5.91 ‰	38,762,441 people	0.47%	Projection
184	Eritrea	5.89 ‰	3,682,669 people	0.04%	Projection
185	Rwanda	5.82 ‰	14,889,693 people	0.18%	Projection
186	Paraguay	5.80 ‰	7,095,279 people	0.09%	Projection
187	Costa Rica	5.78 ‰	5,174,789 people	0.06%	Projection
188	Botswana	5.75 ‰	2,603,388 people	0.03%	Projection
189	Peru	5.74 ‰	34,922,148 people	0.42%	Projection
190	Ethiopia	5.73 ‰	138,902,185 people	1.67%	Projection
191	Colombia	5.65 ‰	53,936,226 people	0.65%	Projection
192	Egypt	5.60 ‰	120,101,175 people	1.45%	Projection
193	United Republic of Tanzania	5.59 ‰	72,563,780 people	0.87%	Projection
194	Israel	5.58 ‰	9,647,689 people	0.12%	Projection
195	Brunei Darussalam	5.56 ‰	469,775 people	0.01%	Projection
196	Tokelau	5.56 ‰	2,691 people	0.00%	Projection
197	Northern Mariana Islands	5.54 ‰	42,914 people	0.00%	Projection
198	Afghanistan	5.52 ‰	45,047,068 people	0.54%	Projection
199	Malaysia	5.45 ‰	36,385,115 people	0.44%	Projection
200	Sao Tome and Principe	5.45 ‰	244,994 people	0.00%	Projection
201	Senegal	5.37 ‰	19,366,548 people	0.23%	Projection
202	Ecuador	5.32 ‰	18,444,506 people	0.22%	Projection
203	Mauritania	5.23 ‰	5,461,319 people	0.07%	Projection
204	Singapore	5.22 ‰	5,905,748 people	0.07%	Projection
205	Cabo Verde	5.21 ‰	529,630 people	0.01%	Projection
206	Malawi	5.18 ‰	22,785,535 people	0.27%	Projection
207	Bangladesh	5.14 ‰	177,818,044 people	2.14%	Projection
208	Zambia	5.10 ‰	22,521,915 people	0.27%	Projection
209	Belize	5.07 ‰	428,644 people	0.01%	Projection
210	Panama	5.02 ‰	4,625,718 people	0.06%	Projection
211	Cayman Islands	5.01 ‰	77,196 people	0.00%	Projection
212	Solomon Islands	5.01 ‰	858,288 people	0.01%	Projection
213	China, Macao SAR	4.97 ‰	723,188 people	0.01%	Projection
214	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	4.95 ‰	93,168,497 people	1.12%	Projection
215	Guatemala	4.93 ‰	18,967,978 people	0.23%	Projection
216	Vanuatu	4.93 ‰	342,564 people	0.00%	Projection
217	Libya	4.92 ‰	7,539,852 people	0.09%	Projection
218	French Guiana	4.85 ‰	318,872 people	0.00%	Projection
219	Syrian Arab Republic	4.76 ‰	26,472,497 people	0.32%	Projection
220	Nicaragua	4.74 ‰	7,097,329 people	0.09%	Projection
221	Algeria	4.68 ‰	48,028,334 people	0.58%	Projection
222	Uganda	4.66 ‰	52,761,470 people	0.64%	Projection
223	Tajikistan	4.64 ‰	10,978,598 people	0.13%	Projection
224	Yemen	4.63 ‰	42,961,653 people	0.52%	Projection
225	Honduras	4.60 ‰	11,184,760 people	0.13%	Projection
226	Iraq	4.23 ‰	48,007,437 people	0.58%	Projection
227	French Polynesia	4.15 ‰	283,076 people	0.00%	Projection
228	Jordan	3.25 ‰	11,589,532 people	0.14%	Projection
229	State of Palestine	2.88 ‰	5,692,790 people	0.07%	Projection
230	Mayotte	2.64 ‰	347,536 people	0.00%	Projection
231	Maldives	2.46 ‰	531,517 people	0.01%	Projection
232	Saudi Arabia	2.33 ‰	35,165,787 people	0.42%	Projection
233	Bahrain	2.23 ‰	1,675,572 people	0.02%	Projection
234	Oman	1.86 ‰	5,671,458 people	0.07%	Projection
235	Kuwait	1.80 ‰	5,102,773 people	0.06%	Projection
236	Qatar	1.03 ‰	3,173,559 people	0.04%	Projection
237	United Arab Emirates	0.96 ‰	11,574,682 people	0.14%	Projection

Estimates cover 1950–2023; 2024 and later are UN medium-variant projections. Rankings use the latest available value for the selected year. The world total is the sum of all countries and areas in the dataset.

China's detailed profile follows this site's original China dataset. World rankings use UN WPP 2024 figures for cross-country comparability.